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re: Question about the double helmet to helmet play in the Florida State/OU game...

Posted on 9/18/11 at 10:41 pm to
Posted by PsychTiger
Member since Jul 2004
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Posted on 9/18/11 at 10:41 pm to
Looked like he caught it and then fumbled when he got knocked out, but I do believe they ruled it incomplete.
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Jackassistan
Member since Aug 2003
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Posted on 9/18/11 at 10:57 pm to
ok, I guess the question remains, if it was ruled a catch and fumble, how would the penalty be assessed?
Posted by PJinAtl
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 9/19/11 at 6:23 am to
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they ruled it incomplete
They did, which by the rules currently in place in college football was the right call.

The rules say that if you are going to the ground, you have to maintain possession through contact with the ground. In this case the receiver was hit and ko'd, which caused him to drop the ball on his way down. I know it is an extraordinary case in that had he not been knocked out he would have most likely been able to maintain possession, but he didn't and the rule was enforced correctly.
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